Director of Feasibility & Joint Venture Management, Americas

Job Description

What you'll do...

Development Feasibility (approx. 60%)

• Lead financial feasibility studies for new hotel developments, conversions, and adaptive reuse projects across the Americas.
• Build and review detailed proforma models, incorporating rooms revenue (ADR, occupancy, RevPAR), multi-outlet F&B concepts, events, programming, and ancillary revenue streams.
• Conduct sensitivity, scenario, and downside analyses to stress-test assumptions and support robust investment decision-making.
• Carry out in-depth market research, including hotel supply/demand dynamics, competitive set analysis, and broader market positioning.
• Collaborate with brand and creative teams to define hotel identity, target audience, positioning, and integrated F&B and programming strategy, ensuring alignment between concept, design, and financial performance.
• Lead brand RFP processes and evaluate deal structures including management agreements, leases, and joint ventures, analyzing the financial and strategic trade-offs of each.
• Prepare clear, compelling investment presentations and feasibility summaries for senior leadership and internal approval processes.

Joint Venture Management (approx. 40%)

• Prepare and deliver monthly JV reporting packages for Delano, Habitas, and Faena , ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness across all entities.
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly board materials for the Delano JV , developing clear financial narratives, variance analyses, and key performance insights.
• Build and maintain financial models for JV entities, including cash flow forecasts, scenario analyses, and long-term planning support.
• Partner closely with hotel-level finance teams to gather and validate financial data, ensure consistency in reporting standards, and address performance issues and variances.
• Act as a key coordination point between corporate finance and property-level finance teams across JV properties.
• Support senior management in presenting financial results and investment performance to JV partners and stakeholders.

Qualifications

What we're looking for...

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Real Estate, Hospitality, Business, Economics, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 5–10 years of progressive experience in hotel feasibility, hospitality consulting, real estate investment, FP&A, or transaction advisory — ideally with exposure to both development/feasibility and joint venture or multi-entity financial management .
• Advanced financial modeling skills, including proforma development, DCF analysis, and scenario modeling; expert-level Excel proficiency is required .
• Solid understanding of hotel operations, F&B economics, and lifestyle hospitality concepts .
• Experience with joint ventures, multi-entity financial structures, and board or investor reporting .
• Familiarity with management agreements, franchise structures, and F&B deal models .
• A natural storyteller with strong written and verbal communication skills, able to translate complex financial data into clear strategic insights.
• Collaborative, curious, and commercially driven — equally comfortable working with finance, development, and creative teams.
• Someone who understands lifestyle, design, and cultural trends and appreciates why they matter to financial performance.
• You leave your ego at the door, take ownership of your work, and love being part of a team that works hard and has fun along the way.
• Based in or willing to relocate to the New York metropolitan area, with a minimum 2-day per week in-office presence at our Brooklyn office.

Additional Information

What’s in it for you…

• Ennismore's values and fast-growing environment
• The opportunity to be yourself and collaborate with other bright minds in an open and innovative culture that values creativity
• Excellent discounts across the entire Ennismore and Accor family of brands
• Unlimited PTO, great healthcare & benefits package, and other sweet perks
• Lots of opportunity to progress as part of a global family of brands
• Learning opportunities to broaden your skillset and development that helps you think, make, and thrive at work

Ennismore is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.

The expected salary range for this position is $175,000 – $195,000 annually. This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this role and will be determined based on the successful candidate's relevant experience, skills, and qualifications. Additional compensation may include performance-based incentives and the benefits outlined above.

About Ennismore

Our purpose is to Inspire Discovery.  Ennismore is a global collective of entrepreneurial and founder-built brands with creativity & purpose at their heart. We are the largest & fastest-growing lifestyle & leisure hospitality company.

What we do

• We curate and manage unique properties and experiences in some of the most exciting destinations worldwide.

We create brands with meaning.

• Creating a brand with meaning gives us our core purpose and helps us break through the noise. We want to build long-lasting connections with our guests, creating brands and experiences that deeply resonate, through award-winning interior design and brand communications.

We make things happen

• We are agile and entrepreneurial, allowing us to adapt quickly to changes in the market, making things happen and staying ahead of the curve.

We innovate, deliver scale and growth

• We don't sit still; we are always evolving with new product innovations and destinations. Innovation and growth don't always go hand in hand. We want to make sure we're at that perfect intersection by staying close to consumers and ensuring we remain relevant with the help and feedback from our teams.

We care about the impact we leave

• We are about our team members, we care about the neighbourhoods we're in, and we care about the environment. We have initiatives in place that give back to our communities and reduce our environmental impact, but more are being put in place to help us achieve our goals.

Company Description

We are seeking a commercially and analytically minded and highly collaborative Director of Feasibility & Joint Venture Management to join our Americas team. This is an impactful Director-level role that blends two critical functions: development feasibility (approximately 60%) and joint venture financial management (approximately 40%).

Reporting to the EVP of Development, Americas and the Chief Business Performance & Asset Management Officer, you will play a central role in evaluating new growth opportunities across the Americas, shaping investment cases for exciting new hotel and lifestyle concepts, and ensuring the financial health and governance of Ennismore's existing joint venture partnerships — including Delano, Habitas, and Faena .

This is a genuinely unique opportunity for a seasoned professional who is equally at home building a complex hotel proforma as they are preparing a quarterly board pack for a major JV partner. If you thrive in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial, and creatively driven environment — and you want your work to shape the future of one of the world's most exciting hospitality companies — this role is for you.